Vishwarupa as timelessness
By Arup Mitra The concept of vishwarupa is a philosophical manifestation. In Hindu mythology we get to see its mention a couple of times. Krishna once showed it to Yashoda in his childhood and finally...
View ArticleFuture Shocks
By Duncan Kauffman et al The fundamental economic and business conditions that contributed to the above-average returns of the past 30 years are weakening, and in some cases are in the process of...
View ArticleOne can hope that Sasikala’s prison stint will help her hold a candle to both...
By Rajyasree Sen “It is very difficult for a woman to be in politics. I have seen it during Jayalalithaa’s time also.” From almost becoming chief minister to definitely becoming a convict who will make...
View ArticleOpen the third eye
By Sadhguru Jaggi Vasudev The 14th day of every month is known as Shivaratri. Mahashivaratri is the most powerful of the year’s 12 Shivaratris and celebrates the grace of Shiva. The word ‘Shiva’...
View ArticleConvenient reasoning
By Elizabeth Kolbert In a new book, The Enigma of Reason: A New Theory of HumanUnderstanding, the cognitive scientists Hugo Mercier and Dan Sperber take a stab at answering this question. Mercier, who...
View ArticleKey to successful buyback requires a transparent disclosure of the purpose,...
By Prabal Basu Roy The US has witnessed a staggering $1.5 trillion worth of buybacks by 370 S&P 500 companies over the last three years. Given the US Federal Reserve’s tightening bias, that boom...
View ArticleUmesh Yadav, always giving back to the game
By Anand Vasu Indian cricket has been besieged with all that is bad about how the game is administered, tales of mismanagement and corruption, backhanders and nepotism gathering such momentum that...
View ArticleThe yoga of devotion
By Avatar Meher Baba Out of a number of practices that lead to the ultimate goal of humanity, God Realisation, Bhakti Yoga is one of the most important. Bhakti Yoga means the art of worship....
View ArticleDon’t expect ET to call home anytime soon
By Shobhit Mahajan On February 22, 2017, the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (Nasa) announced the discovery of seven Earth-sized planets orbiting a star. The discovery of these planets is...
View ArticleStrangling of universities will dent innovation and intellectual freedom
By: Supriya Chaudhuri Few would dispute that universities are under threat today, though we may not agree on the nature of these threats. Recent events at Delhi’s Ramjas College are the latest in a...
View ArticlePanacea for the Planet?
By: Debkumar Mitra Last week, while the world was tuned to the Nasa briefing on the discovery of seven Earth-like planets around a cool star about 40 light years away, medical diagnostics experienced a...
View ArticleBanking & digital risk
By: Saptarshi Ganguly Et Al Digitisation has become deeply embedded in banking strategy, as nearly all businesses and activities have been slated for digital transformations. The significant advantages...
View ArticleGetting lost in rituals
By: Girish Deshpande The daughter of my close friend said in exasperation, “I’m feeling a sense of religious suffocation.” When asked to elaborate she said it was the continuous rituals that her...
View ArticleDouble jeopardy for Indian cricket team: Pitch and review
By: Boria Majumdar Lessons have been unlearnt. Be it is a result of a stupendous home season (before the capitulation of course) or a notion that this young and inexperienced Australian spin line-up...
View ArticleDeath & the Hereafter
By Maulana Wahiduddin Khan Those huge masses of ice, which we know as icebergs, found floating in the seas of the North and South Poles are amongst the most deceptive and, therefore, most dangerous...
View ArticleOn Cyber Security
By Piotr Kaminski et al The idea that some assets are extraordinary — of critical importance to a company — must be at the heart of an effective strategy to protect against cyber threats. Because...
View ArticleAirport public-private partnerships need to tweak some basic issues to avoid...
By Abhilash S Nair & Rajesh S Upadhyayula Since monopoly power is vested with private operators, there is need to regulate them to ensure affordability of service, efficiency &...
View ArticleHumbling ash Wednesday
By Janina Gomes Lent, the season of fasting penance and prayer, begins today, on Ash Wednesday. Smearing the heads of Christians with ashes on this day is viewed as a positive symbol: repent and...
View ArticleManaging Innovation
By Jennifer Mueller Leaders are trained with what we have found to be a certain mindset, a certain way of believing good decision-making happens. What we’ve found is that merely putting them in that...
View ArticleWhat goes ‘UP’ comes down
By Swaminathan S Anklesaria Aiyar A million words have already been written analysing the coming state election in Uttar Pradesh. Most analyses have been based on personal visits, interviews, anecdotes...
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